About

Gender

Male


Location

Asheville, NC


About Me:

Ex-Lockheed/ITT/Eaton aerospace and automotive computer systems engineer (worked on F-16/F-22 in 1980's and industrial robotic automation/automotive industry specialist in 1990's and electric vehicle tech in 2010's). R/C aircraft and electronics/robotics hobbyist for last 20 years. IEEE Senior Member. IEEE RAS Member. BSA Electronics and Robotics Merit Badge counselor (https://ajbieee.wordpress.com/). Most recent aerospace involvement was as team member with NSS Space Elevator Team 1 KM robotic climber in the Spaceward/NASA Centennial Challenge Power Beaming competition in 2009 (http://www.nss.org/adastra/volume20/GoingUp-NSSSpaceElevatorTeam.pdf) and GLXP WLS team (now Hakuto) in 2012 (http://lunar.xprize.org/teams).


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Currently flying and building quadcopters including a new 3DR Solo that uses Linux Foundation DroneCode and dual 1Ghz CPU's, a DJI 2 clone - CX-20 350 Open Source quad that uses Arduino Mega-based APM v2.52 with the ArduCopter v3.1.2 and a DJI Flamewheel 450 clone with a RobotShop/Lynxmotion Quadrino Nano (Arduno Mega 2560 based CPU). Have built a full-up F-16 simulator based upon the old Falcon 3.x/4.0 program and Thrustmaster hardware/kit. Done some work on integrating that as a ground station with various R/C aircraft including VTOL designs and R/C helis.


Hometown:

Asheville


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AJ Burke shared their blog post on Facebook
Jul 27, 2020
AJ Burke liked hiroshi takey's blog post ArduCopter 3.2.1 and AntennaTracker 0.7.2 on MEGAPIRATE!
Jul 27, 2020
AJ Burke replied to mic d jona's discussion 4wd rc mower in ArduRover User Group
"I have toyed around with the idea of a autonomous "lawnbot" for years now. Not just mowing but other yard maintenance tasks as well. Be glad to discuss and share what I have learned..."
Jul 29, 2017
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Plan to use for geomapping / geotagging apps like 3DR Site Scan.
Jan 21, 2017
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Jun 25, 2016